“You are my best friend.” It’s the nicest thing you can    36     to someone. It’s also the nicest thing you can    37    someone.

Good friendships begin in middle school. It’s the    38    you begin to develop your own personality. Your parents aren’t around so you    39    lots of time every day sharing your life with your classmates. You talk with them, you work with them and you become friends with them. But    40    them will become your “best” friend.

Best friends are the people who like you and    41     you the most. They are the    42    who are easy to work with and easy to have fun with.

Sometimes it’s    43    to find a best friend. And sometimes you can     44    a little lonely. But just because you don’t have best friend now, it doesn’t mean you    45     one in the future. Best friends seem to find each other as if by magic. And when you find your best friend, the magic will last forever.

1.A. tell             B. write              C. say                 D. go

2.A. hear from        B. hear of            C. hear about            D. think of

3.A. time            B. place              C. beginning            D. best

4.A. take             B. cost               C. pay                D. spend

5.A. none of          B. not all of           C. no one of            D. all of

6.A. understand        B. think              C. give                D. take

7.A. that              B. ones               C. those              D. these

8.A. easy              B. easily              C. not easy           D. easy enough \

9.A. think             B. know               C. become           D. feel

10.A. not have          B. don’t have           C. won’t have         D. haven’t

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

Peter: Let’s play computer games!
Barry: That sounds interesting, but I don't have a computer.
Peter: Well, do you have a volleyball?
Barry: Yes.
Peter: Then let's play volleyball.
Barry: Oh, volleyball is so difficult.
Peter: OK, let's watch TV.
Barry: That sounds boring. Hmmm, let’s play soccer! Do you have a soccer ball?
Peter: No, I don’t.
Barry: Oh, well, do you have a basketball?
Peter: Yes, I do. Let’s play basketball!
Barry: That sounds fun!
【小题1】Who wants(想)to play computer games?